Lammington cakes

Description

The best way to enjoy Lammingtons, these cocoa and coconut iced cakes,the Aussie way is with a cup of strong coffee. Make it milk or chocolate milk for the young ones.

Summary

Yield
Cakes
SourceAustralian cuisine
Prep time
2 hours
Cooking time
Total time
2 hours

Ingredients

2 c
flour (all purpose)
2 t
baking powder
1⁄2 t
salt
2 c
whipping cream
2 c
sugar
4  
eggs (large)
1 1⁄2 c
powdered sugar (confectioner's sugar)
2 T
cocoa (powder)
2 T
butter (grated)
7 T
water (boiling)
3⁄4 c
coconut (dessicated coconut)

Instructions

Make the sponge cake

  1. Preheat oven to 375° F (180° C).
  2. Sift flour, baking powder and salt into a bowl.
  3. Whisk cream and sugar. Beat eggs and add, one by one, together with a tablespoon of flour each time.
  4. Fold in remaining flour.
  5. Transfer it to 1 greased square cake pan. If you divide the cake dough between 2 smaller pans it will bake faster.
  6. Bake in middle shelf for minutes to 1 hour to 1¼ hours - 45 minutes to 1 hour if using 2 pans.

Make the icing

  1. Sift sugar and cocoa into a small bowl.
  2. Add butter and water and mix until smooth.
  3. Let stand the bowl with the icing inside a large bowl of hot water until the butter has melted and the icing is runny.

Finish the cakes

  1. Cut the sponge cake into squares.
  2. Coat the cake squares with icing, then roll in coconut.
  3. Let them cool on a sheet of grease proof paper.

Notes

If you are using a food processor to prepare the sponge cake, add the flour first, the processor will sift it in a blink, then cream, sugar, and eggs, whisked. Transfer to the baking pan and bake as explained before

Short of time? Get any pound cake or Madeira cake from the store, cut them into squares and use this recipe for icing to transform it into Lammington cakes

Ingredients, metric

  
For the sponge cake  
500 g     all purpose flour  
2 tsp    baking powder  
½ tsp    of salt  
500 g     whipping cream  
500 g   sugar  
4   large eggs  
For the icing  
300 g     icing sugar  
50 g   cocoa powder  
50 g   butter, grated  
100 ml     boiling water  
125 g    desiccated coconut  

Nutrition facts

Serving size: 1 cake

Percent daily values based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Nutrition information calculated from recipe ingredients. This is only an estimate.

Amount Per Serving      
Calories   252.36  
Calories From Fat (39%)   98.05  
    % Daily Value
Total Fat 11.30g   17%  
Saturated Fat 7.86g   39%  
Cholesterol 65.19mg   22%  
Sodium 128.34mg   5%  
Potassium 91.18mg   3%  
Carbohydrates 35.63g   12%  
Dietary Fiber 1.73g   7%  
Sugar 23.08g      
Sugar Alcohols 0.00g      
Net Carbohydrates 33.90g      
Protein 3.74g   7%